Waterford GAA Discussion Thread 3 Updated Mod Note Post 1

hurler on de ditch · 20-06-2016 07:44PM

Waternut wrote: »

The game should be played in Thurles, simple as. A pitch is a pitch, it shouldn't matter if it is in Limerick ir Thurles. More Waterford people will travel if the game is in Thurles. I can't understand this idea that Limerick should be guaranteed a game just to fill the Gaelic Grounds. It's white elephant that stadium and it's ridiculous the amount of money pumped into it over the last number of years.

at least it will see a championship match ,unlike those two horrendous excuses for a Gaa Ground ,Fraher field /Walsh Park

danganabu · 20-06-2016 07:56PM

John Fogarty in the Examiner tweeted John Mullane views from last year and this year on the venue, last year it was "final must be played in Thurles, Derek McGrath cant show any weakness" this years article starts with "The Munster final cannot be played in Thurles"

Got to love John, loved him as a hurler but some of the stuff he comes out with is hilarious.

PTH2009 · 20-06-2016 08:17PM

were all forgetting about Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney. That could very well host the match on the 10th but its very doubtful as there hosting the Football final a week earlier

When will they put us out of our misery and announce where its on and we can start planning our day

letsseehere14 · 20-06-2016 09:31PM

tomwaterford wrote:

The Limerick-tipp town/cahir road is by far and away the worst most narrow windy national road left in the country

Go Tipp Town - Cashel - Clonmel or Tipp Town - Dundrum - Cashel - Clonmel (not much further). Cashel the same distance from Tipp as Cahir and is basically only 5 minutes further from Clonmel as Cahir is. Travel it a fair bit when I need to be in Clonmel for work. There's a way around Tipp town if you take a left just after Limerick junction too.
Tipp town is a horrible town to travel through on a normal day. Would love to see it in Limerick. 40000 mix of fans. Be a great day for the city.

Professey Chin · 20-06-2016 09:40PM

Gaelic Grounds confirmed on Munster GAA twitter

mountgomery burns · 20-06-2016 10:03PM

danganabu wrote: »

John Fogarty in the Examiner tweeted John Mullane views from last year and this year on the venue, last year it was "final must be played in Thurles, Derek McGrath cant show any weakness" this years article starts with "The Munster final cannot be played in Thurles"

Got to love John, loved him as a hurler but some of the stuff he comes out with is hilarious.

In fairness, that's not what he said. He said "it will be played in Limerick". The Waterford management took the view that they could compete in Thurles last year, I wonder were they as keen to go back there themselves this year.

Personally think we've as much chance in Thurles as anywhere and prefer going there.

PTH2009 · 20-06-2016 10:04PM

Professey Chin wrote: »

Gaelic Grounds confirmed on Munster GAA twitter

It will be a change anyway

Prob go for the uncovered stand I imagine tickets will be hard to get for the covered stand

Remember it was a very hot day back in 2008 when Clare beat us there in the Munster championship

Deise_2012 · 20-06-2016 11:29PM

I love the way you always have to have the negative comment PTH, "it was a very hot day when Clare beat us there in the Munster Championship...do you look for someone to call you up on that?

skaface · 20-06-2016 11:43PM

Hopefully we get a Big following from Waterford
the next day.. It's a Munster final after all..
We know Limerick is a pain.to get to compared
to Thurles.. However nobody will even remember how long it.takes us to get home if
we Win.. Onwards.and upwards..
Up the Deise :-)

robopaddy2 · 21-06-2016 12:00AM

Cry me a bloody river. Weve nothing to be complaining about. I remember the days getting to a Munster Final was but a distant dream. Its probably a complete once off that this will be in Limerick as when the new 'Pairc de Frank' opens up in Cork it will be the neutral venue for Tipp v Waterford again. Thos of us abroad will do what we can to get there, but people saying there not going because they were stuck going through Tipp town last time is pitiful

DE DEISE · 21-06-2016 07:06AM

The lads will have to do the hard work on the field, the least we can do is sit in our cars and put the time in on the road to support them .

When we win it will be the happiest journey home back through Tipp

UP THE DEISE
eyes on the prize

conditioned games · 21-06-2016 07:54AM

robopaddy2 wrote: »

Cry me a bloody river. Weve nothing to be complaining about. I remember the days getting to a Munster Final was but a distant dream. Its probably a complete once off that this will be in Limerick as when the new 'Pairc de Frank' opens up in Cork it will be the neutral venue for Tipp v Waterford again. Thos of us abroad will do what we can to get there, but people saying there not going because they were stuck going through Tipp town last time is pitiful

Others talked about how long extra it will take them to get to Limerick city and fair enough but your the first person on here to say you weren't going

robopaddy2 · 21-06-2016 07:57AM

conditioned games wrote: »

robopaddy2 wrote: »

Cry me a bloody river. Weve nothing to be complaining about. I remember the days getting to a Munster Final was but a distant dream. Its probably a complete once off that this will be in Limerick as when the new 'Pairc de Frank' opens up in Cork it will be the neutral venue for Tipp v Waterford again. Thos of us abroad will do what we can to get there, but people saying there not going because they were stuck going through Tipp town last time is pitiful

Others talked about how long extra it will take them to get to Limerick city and fair enough but your the first person on here to say you weren't going

No I didn't. I said I hope to go.

deiseach · 21-06-2016 09:44AM

Would going up the motorways be a good way of getting to Limerick? Google Maps says it's 60km longer than going along the N24 but takes only ten minutes longer, and that's before you consider the matchday traffic through Tipp town et al.

KevIRL · 21-06-2016 10:41AM

deiseach wrote: »

Would going up the motorways be a good way of getting to Limerick? Google Maps says it's 60km longer than going along the N24 but takes only ten minutes longer, and that's before you consider the matchday traffic through Tipp town et al.

What route is this deiseach?

danganabu · 21-06-2016 10:45AM

PTH2009 wrote: »

It will be a change anyway

Prob go for the uncovered stand I imagine tickets will be hard to get for the covered stand

Remember it was a very hot day back in 2008 when Clare beat us there in the Munster championship

Uncovered Stand is 100% the better option, the covered stand is a terrible terrible stand and there is no good view from it, would prefer the terrace that the covered stand in Limerick.

HangBlaa · 21-06-2016 10:50AM

Waterford City - Kilkenny - Durrow - Borris-in-ossory - Limerick

About 2hr 10

deiseach · 21-06-2016 10:58AM

KevIRL wrote: »

What route is this deiseach?

danganabu · 21-06-2016 11:04AM

Problem with that route is you end up coming in the same road as all the North Tipp traffic and from Castleconnel to the Gaelic Grounds will take an eternity. If you come that route the best thing is to come off the motorway at Birdhill and take the back road in to Limerick via Parteen, you come out at Hassett's cross beside Thomond Park.

deiseach · 21-06-2016 11:35AM

Good to see the universality of "don't go through X, the smart people go through Y" advice in the GAA.

blue note · 21-06-2016 11:49AM

I've realised I'm going to miss this, I'm at a stag. On the upside I've seen all of our drawn / lost finals since 1998, but missed our wins in 02, 04, and 07. So fingers crossed it'll be 4 wins out of 4 for finals I've missed!

Mehapoy · 21-06-2016 12:33PM

A tip for Waterford people coming through clonmel-cahir-tipperary-limerick n24 route, its cross country but to avoid tipp town turn off at bansha for aherlow then onto galbally and Garryspillane, take the r513 mitchelstown to Limerick route, to avoid coming onto n24 again go through ballyneety and you'll come into Limerick at a different side to the tipp town traffic, needs some planning though as its country roads but you'll avoid the tipp/Waterford traffic

con89 · 21-06-2016 12:49PM

Up past the Vee & through Clogheen is surely the quickest route from west waterford

JeffKenna · 21-06-2016 01:41PM

con89 wrote: »

Up past the Vee & through Clogheen is surely the quickest route from west waterford

Depending where in West Waterford - Fermoy, Mitchelstown and then Limerick I would have said.

Xenophile · 21-06-2016 03:11PM

deiseach wrote: »

danganabu wrote: »

Problem with that route is you end up coming in the same road as all the North Tipp traffic and from Castleconnel to the Gaelic Grounds will take an eternity. If you come that route the best thing is to come off the motorway at Birdhill and take the back road in to Limerick via Parteen, you come out at Hassett's cross beside Thomond Park.

http://www.limericktunnel.com/route_map.htm

http://www.limericktunnel.com/ShannontoDublin.htm

If you stay on Motorway and go through the tunnel and take the interchange immediately after the tunnel you will be pretty near the ground.

danganabu · 21-06-2016 03:15PM

Xenophile wrote: »

If you stay on Motorway and go through the tunnel and take the interchange immediately after the tunnel you will be pretty near the ground.

Would that not bring you in the dreaded Dock Road though? Not really familiar with that side of Limerick.

Paudiepodge · 21-06-2016 04:13PM

danganabu wrote: »

Would that not bring you in the dreaded Dock Road though? Not really familiar with that side of Limerick.

No tunnel is on motorway beyond dock road. Turn off after tunnel brings you to caherdavin just on clare side of gaelic grounds....close to na piarsaigh grounds...they usually have parking for games in the GG.

PTH2009 · 21-06-2016 04:42PM

would you rather be in the Qualifers sweating on draws or be stuck in traffic on the way to one of the highlights of the hurling calender ???, even if we lose we are out again in the All Irealnd Quarters on the 24th July

my uncle is a non traffic guy and for the last few games in thurles we have gone home though a lot of uusual places and i cant imagine where the hell youre going to end up after the final.

Ticket details- http://munster.gaa.ie/2016/06/20/munster-senior-hurling-final/

Xenophile · 21-06-2016 04:49PM

danganabu wrote: »

Would that not bring you in the dreaded Dock Road though? Not really familiar with that side of Limerick.

You would go no way near the city centre or the dock road, going this way you would not even get a glimpse of the city !

danganabu · 21-06-2016 04:50PM

Xenophile wrote: »

You would go no way near the city centre or the dock road, going this way you would not even get a glimpse of the city !

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